Kat Caruso wishes her brain had a return policy, or at least a complaint hot-line. The defective organ is constantly distracted, terrible at statistics, and absolutely flooded with inappropriate thoughts about her boyfriend's gorgeous best friend, Alec...who just so happens to be her brand new college math tutor. Who knew nerd was so hot?

Kat usually goes through tutors like she does boyfriends--both always seem to bail when they realize how hopeless she is. It's safer for her heart to keep everyone at arm's reach. But Alec is always stepping just a little too close.

Alec Stone should not be fantasizing about Kat. She's adorable, unbelievably witty, and completely off limits. He'd never stab his best friend in the back...

But when secrets are revealed, the lines of loyalty are blurred. To make it count, Alec must learn messy human emotions can't be solved like a trigonometry function. And Kat has to trust Alec may be the first guy to want her for who she is, and not in spite of it.

Megan Erickson grew up in a family that averages 5’3” on a good day and started writing to create characters who could reach the top kitchen shelf.

She’s got a couple of tattoos, has a thing for gladiators, and has been called a crazy cat lady. After working as a journalist for years, she decided she liked creating her own endings better and switched back to fiction.

She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, two kids and two cats. And no, she still can’t reach the stupid top shelf.

Tuesday, May 20, 2014

I am so so so excited to give you guys a little "Tease" of Sophie Jordan's new NA book Tease the 2nd book in the Ivy Chronicles series. Both these books are amazing, plus who doesn't love Sophie to pieces? Here is the trailer for this high anticipated 2nd book!

Plus, they are doing something a little different with this book. Here's all the details:

In case you didn’t know, in addition to being released in full in both print and digital formats on 5/27, TEASE will also be available digitally in 3 parts, starting on 5/13 with Part 1 (chapters 1-6) available for free wherever e-books are sold. Part 2 (Ch. 7-14) goes on sale on 5/20, too, for $.99 (with Part 3 (Ch. 15-end) coming out 5/27)! It’s a great way to sample an amazing book—and if you submit your proof of “purchase” here of Part 1 (which is free) you could be entered to win 1 of 3 awesome prizes:https://www.facebook.com/NewAdultBooks/app_129764153762486.

A young college woman gets schooled in life, sex, and love in New York Times bestselling author Sophie Jordan's sizzling New Adult romance series--where three Ivy League suite-mates testing their boundaries as they seek higher knowledge of just how far they can go.

A born flirt and good-time party girl, Emerson has never had a problem finding a willing guy. She's always chosen her hook-ups carefully, and she's never broken her three cardinal rules:

Never let them see the real you.

Never fall in love.

Always leave them begging for more.

Then comes Shaw. A hotty from the wrong side of the tracks, he's immune to her flirtatious banter and come-hither smile. After rescuing her from a disastrous night at a biker bar, he doesn't even try to take her to bed--he calls her a tease and sends her home instead. Unable to resist a challenge, or forget the sexy dark-eyed bad-boy biker, she vows to bring him to his knees.

But instead of making Shaw beg, she finds herself craving him. For the first time in her life, she's throwing out her rulebook. Suddenly, she's the one panting for a guy she can't control. A guy who won't settle for anything less than the real Emerson, who forces her to do things she's never imagined, including facing a past she thought she'd buried.

“Mortal Enchantment spins a unique twist on elemental mythology. This series is not to be missed.” Jennifer L. Armentrout, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

In Kalin Matthew's world, elementals control the forces of nature. They are divided into four courts: air, woodland, fire, and water. At sixteen she will leave the life she's built with her mortal mother. Kalin will move to Avalon to rule with her father—the elemental king of the air court. Along the way, she's attacked by a fire court assassin and saved by Rowan, a swoon-worthy elemental with a questionable past.

Worst of all, she learns her father is missing.

To rescue him, Kalin will have to work with a judgmental council and a system of courts too busy accusing each other of deceit to actually be able to help her. But, they aren’t her biggest challenge. With the Midwinter’s Ball only five days away, Kalin must take over her father’s duties, which includes shifting control of the elements—power Kalin has yet to realize.

As Rowan attempts to train her, a war looms between the four courts. If Kalin fails, her father will die and the courts will fall, but the betrayal she’s about to uncover may cost her even more...

Available Exclusively at Amazon eBook for $2.99 and Paperback for $8.99

Today we are happy to reveal the cover of Michelle Flick's Gone. We love Michelle, so go add Gone to your TBR today!!!

Tess Waters’ life is perfect. She has everything she’s ever wanted all wrapped up in her boyfriend Alec. But Alec has a different plan and one day, he’s gone.

Tess is devastated. She doesn’t remember how to be herself and she doesn’t want to. Her family believes she needs to move on and get over him. It’s easier said than done. Tess doesn’t know where to begin because everywhere she turns, she thinks of Alec. She doesn’t think this heartbreak will ever stop.

Eventually, Tess finds comfort in places she never realized she had. From there she discovers a person she never knew she could be.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

I'm so excited that today is finally here! I love this book so much and can't wait for the world to get to read it! Be sure to go check out the other posts from this week that are also all about All Lined Up! You can see a fun video of Cora and I, read my review and enter to win some pretty awesome giveaways!

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights.

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.

Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past.

But life doesn't always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.

Carson McClain is determined to go from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It's obliterated.

Dallas doesn't know Carson is on the team. Carson doesn't know that Dallas is his new coach's daughter.

And neither of them know how to walk away from the attraction they feel.

Cora Carmack Bio:

Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, LOSING IT, is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.

There’s only one thing in the world I despise more than football, and he’s making his way down the stairs toward me.

My eyes flit around me like I’m scanning a battlefield instead of a blowout:fraternity banners, litter of red Solo cups, and a freshman pledge dragging around a trash bag playing reluctant maid. Part of me wants to keep doing that, to pretend like I didn’t hear him.

But I can’t. If I ignore him, it will only prove to him that he still bothers me.

I face him as he steps off the last stair, crossing his arms over his broad chest and grinning at me. Levi. My ex.

He leans his hip against the banister of the grand staircase, and I spy not one but two girls sitting halfway up the stairs, obviously upset that they’ve lost his attention.

Behind me I hear someone shout, “Ready. Aim. Fire!” and I know the beer guns are back in play.

“Alcohol and bad decisions, Levi? Can’t say I’m surprised to find you smack-dab in the middle of that.”

He kicks off from the banister, swaggering a few steps closer. His dark hair and eyes are as striking as always. I’d fallen for him so hard my freshman year of high school: doodling our names together in my spiral, watching him play from the bleachers, wearing that monstrous mum he gave me for homecoming, beaming on his elbow at his junior prom.

The memory of all that just makes me nauseated now. But as Stella always says, hindsight is a pretentious, know-it-all bitch.

“You come here to make some bad decisions?” He moves closer, his voice pitching lower. Intimate. His gaze drifts down my body with an arrogant familiarity. “Because you know I can help you with that.”

Levi Abrams has been the cause of enough bad decisions for a lifetime.

I nod and plaster on the fakest smile in my arsenal. “And then take a bath in lemon juice.”

Levi smiles back, and I’m pretty sure the bastard is enjoying this.

He’s bigger than when I last saw him. Bulked up. I guess that’s the difference between high school and college ball. But it’s not just muscles… he reaches out a hand like he’s going to touch my hair, and as I jerk back, even his hands seem bigger than I remember. A man’s hands, rather than those of the boy I knew. Or maybe his head got so big that his inflated ego overflowed to other parts of his body. Also a possibility.

I knew Levi was here when I chose Rusk University—hard not to when he’s the starting quarterback—but I didn’t think I’d ever have to see him. Since Dad wouldn’t let me leave Texas, and only a handful of universities here actually have a true dance major, Rusk was the best option out of the schools to which I was allowed to apply.

Levi lets his hand fall away and turns to leave, but then stops to say over his shoulder, “You don’t have to pretend to hate me so much, you know. I’m here. You’re here. We could start fresh, D.”

Why does no one get that it’s impossible to have a fresh start when nothing has really changed? God, I knew that better than anybody because no matter how many new coaching jobs Dad took, every school ended up the same.

Levi is still a douche-bag who only cares about himself.

Dad still approaches parenting like I’m a member of his team.

And I… I’m still stuck. In my father’s shadow. In Texas. In this lame state school with a joke of a dance program.

And now I’m stuck at my first frat party with the ex who broke my heart.

Monday, May 12, 2014

All Lined Up by Cora CarmackWillam MorrowCOMES OUT TOMORROW!Reviewed by: AmyG (big sis)Sister's Say: Books + Football + Texas= Cora's Best Book Yet!

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights.

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.

Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past.

But life doesn't always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.

Carson McClain is determined to go from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It's obliterated.

Dallas doesn't know Carson is on the team. Carson doesn't know that Dallas is his new coach's daughter.

And neither of them know how to walk away from the attraction they feel.

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I feel like I have been waiting for this book to come out for a decade! I'm so excited that the time is finally here! I'm a Texas girl through and through and football was definitely a huge part of my life growing up. Actually, my parents love to tell the story about how I went to my first football game when I was 5 days old. I can close my eyes at this moment and still be transported back to a Friday night football game. I think most people from Texas can do the same. It's a certain thrill in the air that becomes a part of you and never really leaves. So, opening up Cora's book was basically stepping into a time machine for me.

I'm not really sure how to write a review for this book because it just feels so personal. All I really want to do is beg everyone around me and everyone that reads this blog to please read this book! If you are from the south and know how vital football is to life down here you will understand and love this book. If you are from South American, Europe, Asia, etc and you really don't understand what the the heck is so great and magical about American football, then read this book and get a glimpse into a culture that lives and breathes this sport. So much so, that you will find 8 year old boys all over the south in which their one goal in life is to be a Texas football star! So, instead of just a regular review, I just decided to write a list of 10 reasons why YOU should read this book! These are in no particular order!

1. Dallas Cole- This girl is possibly my favorite heroine in the NA genre. She is real and strong and so so so snarky. She has played second fiddle to football her entire life and right when she thinks she is going to get a break by escaping to college, her dad becomes the football coach at her university. All that excitement that we all feel about getting to break free and start completely over in college has been stripped away from Dallas in one fell swoop. It's so fun to watch her deal with this dilemma though. She tries to run far away from football but fate just doesn't allow her very far before it snatches her right back! You will cry with her, scream with her, laugh with her and fall in love with Carson with her. You will not want to miss a second of it!

2. Carson McClain- Oh Carson. How I love the funny guy! I think funny is the new broken bad boy. Carson goes to Rusk University to play second string quarterback and to just get a degree to help his parents out with their farm. Like Dallas, fate can't keep her hands off of Carson! His life takes some crazy turns throughout this book! I am sitting here with a huge goofy grin on my face just thinking about him and everything that happens to Carson! Gah!!! I love him so much!!!!

3. Locker room talk- I know all of you have heard rumors or seen movies and tv shows that depict the boys club that is the guys locker room. Well, in All Lined Up you get a front row seat to the locker room. Be prepared for "boy" talk, weight lifting, teasing, yelling, punching, locker slamming and gossiping (yes, boys gossip too!). I'm giddy just thinking about it!

4. Coach's speeches- These were one of the most poignant parts of All Lined Up. I dare anyone to read Coach Cole's speeches and not be moved. I think even though they would deny it, Coaches definitely have a flare for the dramatic. It's a special gift to be able to use words to inspire a group of 20 year old men to willingly walk on a field and hit each other repeatedly over a ball! Coach Cole is no different, and I'm a lot in awe of Cora Carmack for being able to write a scene like that!

5. Balconies- yes, this one is one of the best scenes in the whole book! I don't want to spoil it for you but I will say I will always think of this book for the rest of my life when I am standing on the balcony.

6. Beanie dude- Beanie guy has a small part in this book, but I love him. He has a few hilarious lines that just scream that there is a story there! I need more of him! Cora, please give us more Beanie dude!

7. Nicknames- I have a thing for guys that give girl's nicknames. When I think of my favorite books, all of the guys give the girl's nicknames. And, guess what?!?! Carson does too! And, it is the best nickname ever!

8. No Easy Day- Such a great part of this book! Every sports team needs a theme and this one is perfect! Actually, I think this is a great theme for life in general. There are No Easy Days but that's what makes those wonderful times all the more beautiful!

9. Football players- Hmmm, need I really say more? But, I will! ALU has a lot of football players! And you get to see a lot of them! The interactions between the football guys are some of my favorite parts! What's even better though, the series is going to keep going! Want more Silas? Then you get him in the next book! I'm so excited to get to know all these guys plus the team even better! ( I can't stop with the exclamation points!)

10. Coach's Daughters- I had to put this one last. Since I am a Coach's daughter, they do hold a special place in my heart. It's a fantastic world that can be great but at the same time extremely heartbreaking. The games are never really over when you are a Coach's daughter, and a loss follows you home. Whether you are being treated wonderful to score points with your dad or treated terribly because someone didn't agree with a play that your dad called, sometimes you are never able to be just you. On the other hand, in Texas, if your dad is a coach you are apart of history in the making and sometimes apart of the greatest moments in someone's life!

Now, go read this book ASAP, then come back and talk to me about it!!!!

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Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, LOSING IT, is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.

Sunday, May 11, 2014

We are beyond thrilled to be able to host this stop on the All Lined Up Feature Tour! We have a special little treat for you today in form of a video of me getting to interview Cora Carmack! She's one my favorite people in the world, so I am so excited to get to share this with all of you!

New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Cora Carmack follows up her trio of hits—Losing It, Faking It, and Finding It—with this thrilling first novel in an explosive series bursting with the Texas flavor, edge, and steamy romance of Friday Night Lights.

In Texas, two things are cherished above all else—football and gossip. My life has always been ruled by both.

Dallas Cole loathes football. That's what happens when you spend your whole childhood coming in second to a sport. College is her time to step out of the bleachers, and put the playing field (and the players) in her past.

But life doesn't always go as planned. As if going to the same college as her football star ex wasn’t bad enough, her father, a Texas high school coaching phenom, has decided to make the jump to college ball… as the new head coach at Rusk University. Dallas finds herself in the shadows of her father and football all over again.

Carson McClain is determined to go from second-string quarterback to the starting line-up. He needs the scholarship and the future that football provides. But when a beautiful redhead literally falls into his life, his focus is more than tested. It's obliterated.

Dallas doesn't know Carson is on the team. Carson doesn't know that Dallas is his new coach's daughter.

And neither of them know how to walk away from the attraction they feel.

Cora Carmack is a twenty-something writer who likes to write about twenty-something characters. She's done a multitude of things in her life-- boring jobs (like working retail), Fun jobs (like working in a theatre), stressful jobs (like teaching), and dream jobs (like writing). She enjoys placing her characters in the most awkward situations possible, and then trying to help them get a boyfriend out of it. Awkward people need love, too. Her first book, LOSING IT, is a New York Times and USA Today bestseller.

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted by Jill over at Breaking the Spine. It spotlights books that have not yet been released, but ones that you should pre-order today! This week's book that we are anxiously awaiting is MORTAL DANGER by Ann Aguirre. It will be released August 5, 2014 from Feiwel and Friends (Macmillan).

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Three plantations. Two wishes. One ancient curse.

When loss is all you know, how do you find true love?

Beautiful Creatures meets The Body Finder in this spellbinding new trilogy.

All her life, Barrie Watson has been a virtual prisoner in the house where she lived with her shut-in mother. When her mother dies, Barrie promises to put some mileage on her stiletto heels. But she finds a new kind of prison at her aunt’s South Carolina plantation instead--a prison guarded by an ancient spirit who long ago cursed one of the three founding families of Watson Island and gave the others magical gifts that became compulsions.

Stuck with the ghosts of a generations-old feud and hunted by forces she cannot see, Barrie must find a way to break free of the family legacy. With the help of sun-kissed Eight Beaufort, who knows what Barrie wants before she knows herself, the last Watson heir starts to unravel her family's twisted secrets. What she finds is dangerous: a love she never expected, a river that turns to fire at midnight, a gorgeous cousin who isn’t what she seems, and very real enemies who want both Eight and Barrie dead.

“Darkly romantic and steeped in Southern Gothic charm, you’ll be compelled to get lost in the Heirs of Watson Island series.” — #1 New York Times Bestselling Author Jennifer L. Armentrout

"Beautifully written, with vivid characters, a generations-old feud, and romance that leaps off the page, this Southern ghost story left me lingering over every word, and yet wanting to race to the compelling finish. Martina Boone’s COMPULSION is not to be missed." — Megan Shepherd, Author of THE MADMAN’S DAUGHTER

“A shivery, delicious Southern Gothic with feuding families, dark spirits, ancient curses… and caught up in the middle, a young girl learning to live and love for the first time. Atmospheric and suspenseful, Compulsion will draw you in and hold you until the very last page.”— Leah Cypess, Author of DEATH SWORN

"Ancient spirits, mystery, and Southern charm—what more could you ask for? COMPULSION mixes dark magic with darker family secrets in a way that'll make you relieved there are two more books. I can't wait to continue reading about Barrie and the rest of Watson island!"— Kat Zhang, Author of WHAT'S LEFT OF ME

"Martina Boone's Compulsion is a southern gothic romance, a captivating thriller with the perfect dash of charm. Barrie's story is one of transitions: west to east, present to past, realism to supernatural. Readers of Sarah Reese Brennan's The Lynburn Legacy and Maggie Stiefvater's The Raven Cycle, will appreciate the ambiguity -- real? or not real? -- until suddenly the not real feels very very real." — Sara Hines, Eight Cousins Bookstore

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It's being described as a Southern Gothic Romance--count me in!!!! Plus, I can never seem to resist a book with a good curse :)

•BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure what you share doesn't give too much away! You don't want to ruin the book for others!)

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"'We'll be okay,' I whispered. How I wished I believed that. It felt like I'd fallen down a well rapidly filling with dark water. As I wrapped my arms around Kian's back, I felt the tremor that ran through him and wondered how long I could hold my breath." ARC, pg 151

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This is one of those books that I had been waiting on for what felt like forever!!! So glad I now have it in my hands!!!!

Monday, May 5, 2014

Today we have the pleasure of hosting the Blog Tour for Of Neptune by Anna Banks. We love this series so much, and we were so excited to get to interview Toraf, our favorite comedic merman!

Emma and Galen’s kingdom and their love is threatened by long-lost Syrena in the brilliant conclusion to Anna Banks bestselling trilogy.

Emma, half human and half Syrena, and her Syrena love, Galen, need time together alone. Away from the kingdoms of Poseidon and Triton. Emma’s grandfather, the Poseidon king, suggests the two visit a small town called Neptune.

Neptune is home to both Syrena and Half-Breeds alike. But Emma and Galen didn’t sign up to be peacemakers between the ocean and the land-dwelling, freshwater Syrena. They didn’t bargain for meeting a charming Half-Breed named Reed, who can barely disguise his feelings for Emma. And they especially didn’t expect to find themselves in the middle of a power struggle that threatens not only their love but their ocean kingdoms.

In this stunning conclusion to her bestselling Syrena Legacy, Anna Banks thrills fans with more action and romance than ever

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And now.....let's get to that interview!!!!

1.) Toraf, we at the
YA Sisterhood love your sense of humor.
How has it helped you with a certain mermaid girl (who we are all
jealous of)?

Mermaid girl? Oh you mean Rayna. I
don’t know. Sometimes she calls me immature and she never laughs at my jokes
unless I’m making fun of Galen. Mostly she doesn’t like me. Sometimes she does.

2.) If you could go
anywhere on land, where would you go?

I would go where the real Tartessos
used to be so that I can imagine the huge waves that pulled it into the sea.
Plus, there’s got to be some keepsakes still hiding under the sand there that
Rayna would like for her human treasure collection. Or something valuable Galen
could sell for me so I can get one of those car things that he has. When I
learn how to drive.

3.) Tell us a secret no one else knows about you. :)

Okay look. I’ve been teaching myself
how to drive while Galen’s asleep. I’ve only hit three things so far and one of
them wasn’t even alive.

4.) What's your greatest fear?

I always have nightmares that Rayna
will unseal us. And there’s this one lionfish that I tormented when I was just
a fingerling. I always have dreams that he found me again only he’s bigger
and…I don’t want to talk about it anymore.

5.) Ok, last quick
question...to make us swoon. What's the
most romantic thing you've ever done?

One time Rayna was looking for some
pretty shells to put on her…on her…I think you call them breasts…She searched
for days and days and couldn’t find any that fit quite right and then I found
some. I knew they would fit right away because of the way they felt in my
hand—uh, they seemed to the perfect shape, I meant. So I brought them to her.
She was really surprised at first—she actually didn’t say anything. Then she
got mad for some reason and snatched them out of my hand. But I knew she liked
them because she wore them the next day.